"I'm tired of people saying I chickened out and didn't build a rocket. I'm tired of that stuff. I manned up and did it."
"Mad" Mike Hughes, the rocket man who believes the Earth is flat, propelled himself about 1,875 feet into the air Saturday before a hard landing in the Mojave Desert. He told The Associated Press that outside of an aching back he's fine after the launch near Amboy, California.
The launch in the desert town — about 200 miles east of Los Angeles — was originally scheduled in November. It was scrubbed several times due to logistical issues with the Bureau of Land Management and mechanical problems that kept popping up.
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"Mad" Mike Hughes is carried on a stretcher after his home-made rocket launched and returned to the ground near Amboy, Calif., on Saturday, March 24, 2018.
"This thing wants to kill you 10 different ways," said Hughes, who had an altimeter in his cockpit to measure his altitude. "This thing will kill you in a heartbeat.
"Am I glad I did it? Yeah. I guess. I'll feel it in the morning. I won't be able to get out of bed. At least I can go home and have dinner and see my cats tonight."
"Do I believe the Earth is shaped like a Frisbee? I believe it is," he said. "Do I know for sure? No. That's why I want to go up in space."
That's his project for down the road. He wants to build a "Rockoon," a rocket that is carried into the atmosphere by a gas-filled balloon, then separated from the balloon and lit. This rocket would take Hughes about 68 miles up.
He has a documentary crew following him around to record his ambition, with a planned release in August.
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He actually fucking did it, the mad man
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i mean shit dude for 1,875 feet in the air why didnt he just buy a plane ticket or something and go to some of the world's tallest buildings.
oh wait, he'd see the curvature on the plane ride there.
what did he expect to see that could prove his beliefs? from so low an altitude?
I don't think he believes the earth is actually flat.
I think it's just for publicity.
This guy's like a zen riddle; he's smart enough to build his own rocket, but just can't come to grips with the idea that the world is fucking round.
But it ain't got style like a good old rocket.
Not gonna lie that looks ballsy as fuck though. Gotta give him that much.
This guy is trolling everyone, I don't believe for a second, that someone who can actually build themselves a fucking rocket, that does work, then proceeds to the use the shitting thing, believes the Earth is flat, no, that just doesn't sit with me at all, he's fucking trolling, he doesn't even get on a plane or anything which is indisputable evidence of the Earth not being fucking Flat.
Glad he finally proved the earth is flat once and for all!
If this guy ever gets the funding to do his space launch, and that's a really big if, there's only two possible outcomes. Either he'd lie and claim he couldn't see the curvature of the Earth, or he'd tell the truth and then immediately be disavowed by the entire flat Earther community for selling out to the supposed conspiracy.
All that work for 1,875 feet, lol. Larry Walters achieved 16,000 feet with a few weather balloons and he did it just for fun
he believes in 'math and equasions' but not 'science' as a concept. It's weird but I can kinda accept the idea that he's number-smart but fucking sucks at grasping grand abstracts
Good on him for exposing the truth.
doesn't get you to space, BUT it's mentioned in the article he wants to carry another rocket to higher altitude with a gas balloon, and launch to a total height of 68 miles from there ("edge of space" is marked as 62 miles), though fuck if raising the launch point by anything a balloon would do will help at all. Gravity doesn't get lighter by much at all, even as you approach low earth orbit heights (~1200mi high).
Realistically if he could, to any capacity, carry out the plan and just ascend vertically to 68 miles, it'll get hard to breathe and really cold, and he won't experience "Zero G", just the sensation of falling straight back to earth while thinking to himself that gravity still works, thus even space was a lie.
Oh but the windows are just tiny tvs broadcasting to give the illusion of a curved earth. Checkmate, Atheist!
flat earthers always believe historical/scientific facts are made up to keep them from finding out the truth themselves. They'll settle for nothing short of experiencing something that they know is completely untainted by outside forces, thus making his own rocket
Wouldn't the point of the balloon be saving on fuel and other costs? Presumably a lot cheaper to only do the last leg with a rocket.
I'm not sure what type of balloon rig he thinks he's going to muster up, that could carry a fully fueled rocket anywhere, let alone hold it in a stable vertical launch position. After the scale of this launch, I'd err on the side of "cluster of weather balloons tip over the rocket and drag it slowly across the ground in a heavy breeze"
Honestly I have only respect for the madman, willing to go to such lengths to see the truth with his own eyes as opposed to simply taking what others have said at face value, as misguided his lack of trust in the scientific community may have been.
But why himself? Why a rocket? He could just send a small camera attached to a balloon.
How about a film camera?
Lenses are the work of the devil and cause the earth to appear curved.
Even ones that aren't fisheye.
He could literally build his own kit plane and reach an altitude that would show him the curvature of the earth. He could design the windows himself to avoid evil scientists creating optical illusions.
It might not be the most efficient way to go up that high but i'm surprised he's built a fucking rocket and managed to survive all by himself considering he's a flat earther
With that big header followed by a picture that is literally the next thing that catches your eye, it's like a damn Gilligan cut.
Contrary to popular culture, rocket science isn't hard.
Because windows in planes are made to warp the horizon, and looking at the horizon from the top of a very tall building is pointless because the haze causes a mirage that distorts it (That's why when the sun sets, its actual position is completely behind the horizon but we can still see the entire sun just above it)
I'm just kidding, that's all a load of bullshit
Oh my god this retard did this 50 or so miles out from where I live.
Why are all the batshit insane people in the So Cal desert?
The fisheye argument has always been stupid anyways, because you can literally correct for it in post to get a perfectly rectilinear image.
But obviously that would prove their dumb arguments wrong, so why bother.
more photoshop lies!!!
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